本帖最后由 gohomeman1 于 2009-12-17 15:15 编辑
本题同样是相当旧的东西,不过还是挺值得看看的。这个星系对不过是视觉上很接近而已。
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2002/23/
October 3, 2002 12:00 AM (EDT)
News Release Number: STScI-2002-23
太空望远镜科研所2002年第23#新闻公报,美国东部时间2002.10.03 12:00公布。
Odd Couple Widely Separated by Time and Space
时空相距极为遥远的星系对
A Hubble Heritage Release
哈勃档案资料公布
October 3, 2002:Appearances can be deceiving. In this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image, an odd celestial duo, the spiral galaxy NGC 4319 [center] and a quasar called Markarian 205 [upper right], appear to be neighbors. In reality, the two objects don't even live in the same city. They are separated by time and space. NGC 4319 is 80 million light-years fromEarth. Markarian 205 (Mrk 205) is more than 14 times farther away,residing 1 billion light-years from Earth. The apparent close alignment of Mrk 205 and NGC 4319 is simply a matter of chance.
2002.10.3:外观能骗人。这这张NASA的哈勃图片中,天空中奇异的一对星系,位于中央的涡旋星系NGC 4319和右上的类星体——马卡林星系 205,看上去就像邻居。事实上,这2个天体根本不在同一个星系团中(city我意译了,显然不是城市意思——译注)。它们在时空上相距极远。NGC 4319离地球8000万光年,Mrk 205离我们远在10亿光年外,远了14倍还多。它们看上去在同一视线方向纯属偶然。
Q & A: Understanding the Discovery
1、What does the picture reveal about NGC 4319 and Mrk 205?
问:本图透露了NGC 4319和Mrk 205的什么信息?
The Hubble image shows the inner region of NGC 4319. In addition to the galaxy's inner spiral arms, an outer arm is faintly visible at lower left. The unusually dark and misshapen dust lanes in the galaxy's inner region are evidence of a disturbance, probably caused by an earlier interaction with another galaxy, NGC 4291, which is not in the photograph.
本图是NGC 4319内部核心区域的哈勃图像。除了图中显示的内旋臂外,左下可以看见星系外旋臂的模糊图像。在图中可以看到星系内部显著的扭曲尘埃带,这可能是以前它与临近星系NGC 4291的相互作用的缘故(NGC 4291不在本图中)。
At a distance of 1 billion light-years, Mrk 205 is a relativelynearby quasar. Many quasars reside much farther away. Quasars, onceknown only as mysterious point-like objects, are now known to bedistant galaxies that have extremely bright cores. These powerhouses of light are probably fueled by massive black holes. With powerful telescopes like Hubble, it is often possible to see the quasar's surrounding halo of faint starlight, as is clearly visible around Mrk205.
从10亿光年外来看,Mak 205更像一个类星体。大部分类星体都离我们很远。类星体,以前只知道是神秘的点源天体,现在我们知道它们是具有极为明亮核心的遥远星系。如此强光的能量来源大概来源于超大质量黑洞。像哈勃这么强大的望远镜,常常能够看见类星体周围微弱的星光晕,就像我们在Mak 205中清楚看见的那样。
Mrk 205 has a companion, a compact galaxy just below it. The objects appear to be interacting. The compact galaxy may be responsible for the structure in Mrk 205's halo.
Mrk 205有一个致密的伴星系,就在它的下方。它们似乎在相互作用。这个致密伴星系可能与Mak 205的晕结构有关。
本文是很有特色的,看上去相关的星系其实毫无关系,而视场外的星系却与NGC 4319有关。而Mak 205本身却是一个遥远的星系对。——by gohomeman1 |
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